Friday, January 7, 2011

Tackle Trinton Sturdivant confirmed Friday that he has elected to return for his senior year, after looking into entering the NFL draft.

“I decided for awhile now but I kept it quiet because I wanted to really weigh my options.” Sturdivant said. “And I didn’t want to throw anything out there and regret it in the end.”

Sturdivant came on in the latter portion of this season after missing the 2008 season, and then all but the opener of 2009, with consecutive knee surgeries. He said he hoped another healthy season will improve his NFL draft stock.

“Hopefully it will. You never know what God has in store for you. But that’s what a lot of people are telling me,” Sturdivant said.

Georgia is also waiting to hear what decision junior guard Cordy Glenn makes. Sturdivant said he had not spoken to Glenn, then added with a laugh that if he had “I wouldn’t tell y’all what they were thinking.”

As for Sturdivant, he said he thought hard about his decision, and ultimately decided that “everything’s good with Georgia except for the record.”

Sturdivant also had one more thought on the future of his team.

“I hope we get good recruits, and go Dogs,” he said.

UPDATE: Georgia head coach Mark Richt released a statement in reaction to Sturdivant's return:

“We’re obviously excited with Trinton’s decision. He’ll be an important part of our team and will also have an opportunity for some individual recognition as well.”

Hopefully Sturdivant will get fully healthy and play like his freshman year when we finished national runner-up to LSU. The receiver we picked up is a good prospect, good size, runs a 4.39 forty and he was productive, lots of yards and touchdowns. Good tradeoff for Witchett, the guy whose offer they withdrew.

Seth, I don't know if this qualifies as a mailbag query, but I have a question. Since Harbaugh is going to the NFL, can Luck "change his mind" and enter the draft? I know Luck already said he's returning to school for his senior year, but since the deadline for declaring has not passed, could Luck say "just kidding - I'm going to the NFL"?

Finally a piece of good news. Hopefully most of the other juniors will stay as well. There is even a sliver of hope for AJ, hey no one expected Luck to come back and he did so it is possible even though unlikely.

How about talking about Fran Tarkenton? He is someone who cares who knows football and isn't always right but he has been right on so many things (Brett Favre). And he has expressed so many things that is exactly what so many people feel.

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Seth Emerson has been covering the SEC and Georgia (on and off) since 2002. He worked at the Albany Herald from 2002-05, then spent five years at The State in Columbia, S.C., covering South Carolina. He returned to Athens in August of 2010, only to find that David Pollack and David Greene were no longer playing for the Bulldogs. Adjustments were made.

Emerson is originally from Silver Spring, Md., and graduated from Maryland in 1998 with a degree in journalism and a minor in getting lost on the way to practically everywhere. Then he spent four years at The Washington Post, covering small colleges, a couple NCAA basketball tournaments, and on one glorious day, was yelled at by Tony Kornheiser. It was probably at The Post that he also learned to write in the third person.

These days he lives in Athens with his beloved and somewhat wimpy dog, Archie. Together they fight crime at night in northeast Georgia, except on nights there is no crime, in which case they sit at home, sip on white wine and watch reruns of "Mad Men."